State planning minister Brad Hazzard released draft guidelines to regulate NSW wind farms in December. The guidelines allow anyone with a residence within two kilometres to veto a wind power project.
If the guidelines become law, this would put the brakes on the wind industry, the coal seam gas industry bolts ahead.
Hazzard told the Sydney Morning Herald on January 24 that “the jury is still out on the health impacts from wind farms. When it comes to people’s health I’ll take a precautionary approach every time.”
Last year, a senate inquiry examined the social and economic impact of rural wind farms. It found no proof of a direct connection between wind turbine noise and the so-called wind turbine syndrome.
Green Left Weekly
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